Sentence examples for frail leader from inspiring English sources

In reality, these are the acts of a weak, if not failing, state whose frail leader has glimpsed his own mortality and now is urgently trying to fashion his own succession before he passes from the scene.

Sure, the market is used to Yeltsins ups and downs, but his hospitalization yesterday for pneumonia is undoubtedly more bad news for the already frail leader.

for the Advancement of Colored People, Bradley paid a moving tribute to the frail leader.

In truth, even after he left office few expected the now frail former leader to be brought to justice, let alone convicted.

That was the beginning of five years of La Huelga -- "the strike" -- in which the frail labor leader, who was 5 feet 6 inches tall, became familiar to people in much of the world as he battled the economic power of the farmers and corporations in the San Joaquin Valley.

Fidel Castro has voted in Cuba's parliamentary elections, the first time the frail ex-leader has been seen in public for several months.

Even the powerful bass Samuel Ramey, a fearless actor who is mostly excellent as Field Marshal Kutuzov, the frail but unbowed leader of the Russian troops, seemed a little distracted whenever he edged toward the audience.

The frail 91-year-old leader, widely revered here, is rarely seen in public these days.

In footage on state TV, the Libyan leader appeared frail, wearing dark glasses and speaking slowly.

As for pot-bellied, the description no longer holds, since, after a presumed stroke last summer, the Dear Leader looks frail, and as gaunt as his underfed subjects.And unpredictable?

Mr. Wahid, a Muslim leader with frail health but a whip-sharp sense of humor, began his term with a wide-open style that suggested a break from the past.